'It's out of control,' city councillor says after three dead following three disturbing shooting sprees on weekend
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Source Move over, summer of the gun. Just call this the weekend of the gun. Whatever you call it, it was a deadly weekend from hell which will go down in history as Toronto’s dirty dozen of shootings. This is not Chicago, which often has weekends like this. This is Toronto, which is getting international news coverage for this weekend’s mayhem and carnage. Toronto Police confirm that, on July 10, 11 and 12 in the city of Toronto, there were 12 victims of gunshots over three disturbing shooting sprees. Three shot Friday night in North York. Six shot in Toronto’s west end. Three shot in Toronto’s portlands. That adds up to 12. Inside of that 12, three are dead. “It has hit a tipping point,” Toronto City Councillor Mike Colle said. “Something has to be done.” It all started at 11 p.m. Friday night with a “targeted” shooting at Sheppard Ave. and Jane St. W. in which 22-year-old...
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- Jul 12, 2026
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